Him and Sandro really played well, but Ade was just the man today. Constantly abused their defense, held up well, had a nice run and backheel to Hudd that could easily have been our second. Nice to see Ade playing like he was last year.

I love the fact that Ade doesn't automatically go for goal, unless it is completely open I enjoy that he doesn't grasp at shots like Defoe does, instead he opts for the pass. The layoff for hud (that he just barely missed) was amazing. Defoe would have shot for sure.

Makes you wonder if AVB will give serious consideration to a Prem partnership between Ade and JD. I don't know enough about tactics to know if this would be effective, but perhaps it could invigorate our side.

His goal was great, but I actually thought his defending for the last 60min of the game was just awful. He was a total liability at CB and they were doing give-and-go's around him as if he were a practice dummy.

He either needs to get in much better shape, or be exiled out to the wing.

I like seeing him play, don't get me wrong. He's a kid who has been around a while and I love seeing those guys get their chances. You're right - he did have a lot of good clearances, but he just looked to me like he ran out of steam. They started passing circles around him and he couldn't stick with any of his marks.

Hard to fault him for either goals (maybe Huge would have saved the first but still; no chance on the second), made a massive stop at 1-1 against I forget who, and then quickly distributed the ball for a counter. Played tons of successful passes upfield to Ade.

The old man is making the goaltending decision harder and harder for AVB

He really wasn't that bad. I get that it's 'in' to hate on Dempsey and blame everything on him but no and Ade worked quite well. Up front it was just those two, while Bale and Lennon were not really doing much of anything and Huddlestone wasn't helping much down the center. Our offensive play today was a long ball up front that either Dempsey or Ade would drop down and make an effort to pass to the other.

Dempsey did a good job today, get off his back. He was overshadowed by Ade but with some help from the wings or from Huddlestone (who was our worst player today I think, tied with Walker and Lennon) he would have created some serious chances.

I suppose youre right that with Ade dropping into Dempsey's spot and both Bale and Lennon totally shut down, he wasn't left with much he could do. Still, I'd like to see more effort to find space and open up for passes.

The only thing that I really like about dempsy is that he will be there everytime we get a shot on goal that gets deflected back into the middle. He is immense on follow ups... unfortunately, this does not warrant a starting spot.